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| Lee Herrick is an Korean American ] who is currently serving as the ]. He is the first Asian American to hold the position.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lee Herrick |url=https://www.fresnocitycollege.edu/directory/humanities/herrick-lee.html |website=Fresno City College |access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref> | Lee Herrick is an Korean American ], ], and ] who is currently serving as the ]. He is the first Asian American to hold the position.<ref>{{cite web |title=Governor Newsom Appoints Lee Herrick as California Poet Laureate |url=https://arts.ca.gov/press-release/governor-newsom-appoints-lee-herrick-as-california-poet-laureate/ |website=California Arts Council |access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Lee Herrick |url=https://www.fresnocitycollege.edu/directory/humanities/herrick-lee.html |website=Fresno City College |access-date=30 December 2024}}</ref> | ||
| ==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
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Lee Herrick is an Korean American poet, writer, and professor who is currently serving as the California Poet Laureate. He is the first Asian American to hold the position.
Biography
Herrick was born in the year 1970 in Daejeon, South Korea. He was adopted at ten months old to parents in the United States. Herrick grew up in Modesto, California where he became interested in literature. Herrick served as the Fresno Poet Laureate from 2015-2017. While there he co founded LitHop, an annual literary arts festival in the city.
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- "Lee Herrick, Poet Laureate of Fresno: The Tropics of Meta Interview". Tropics of Meta. April 25, 2017. Retrieved 30 December 2024.